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		tocomment on Oct 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This Bird Can Stay in Flight for Six Months Straig... I feel like this wouldn't jibe with conservation of energy. Unless the bird can eat in the air somehow. It just physically couldn't store enough fuel to fly to fix months straight, right?

dllthomas on Oct 10, 2013 [–]

"Unless the bird can eat in the air somehow."

By, say, catching airborne insects. Which is how swifts (and also swallows) typically feed themselves.

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